Stirring Up Animus toward Justice Thomas for a Tragic Ending Explosive stuff? No, we aren’t talking about the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of SpaceX on Thursday. Instead, it’s something much more subversive. We’re talking about “comically incompetent journalism” by the WaPo and ProPublica. In what was promised to be a big scoop, ProPublica turned out a […]
Will the Supreme Court Deny Biden’s Student Loan Bailout?
At LewRockwell.com, Dr. Ron Paul, former congressman and presidential candidate, makes a powerful case that the Supreme Court could deny Joe Biden the right to unilaterally spend hundreds of billions of dollars canceling student loan debts. Paul writes: Last week, President Biden announced he is creating a new program forgiving 10,000 dollars of student loan […]
Joe Manchin Is Infuriating Fellow Democrats, AGAIN
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is already reviled by many in his party. Now they’ll have reason to dislike him even more. Manchin has announced that under no circumstances will he allow Joe Biden to have a Supreme Court nominee for any potential additional openings on the court between now and the mid-term election. That’s not […]
SECRET’S OUT: Biden WANTS the GOP to Hate His Supreme Court Nominee
At The American Spectator, David Catron lets America in on a secret. Joe Biden doesn’t actually want the GOP to like his nominee for the Supreme Court. In fact, suggests Catron, he will nominate a radical judge because it will give his base something to rally around. Catron writes: The Democrats are facing a grim […]
What Good Is a Supreme Court that Ignores Reality?
The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of what the law says, but it is not the final arbiter of the truth. Paul Craig Roberts wonders in LewRockwell.com what good the Supreme Court is if “the Supreme Court’s elevation of fiction over fact are now showing themselves.” He writes (abridged): In the event you are […]
McConnell Vows to Use “Biden Rule” on Biden
Mitch McConnell’s invocation of the “Biden Rule,” after President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court infuriated Democrats, even Joe Biden who detailed the rule himself. Now, McConnell has explained that he will invoke the rule again if he and Republicans retake control of the Senate in 2022, and Biden were to nominate […]
Amy Barrett’s Home Run Performance a Win for Trump
On one level, the Barrett hearing was about the nominee, argues Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ. On another, it was a moment for the White House to highlight an overlooked fact: The president has largely fulfilled his campaign pledges, in particular on judicial nominations. Mr. Trump won over any number of uncertain voters in 2016 […]
Amy Coney Barrett: Trump’s Ready Replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Originally posted April 2, 2019. Fox News reports that President Trump may be holding the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a ready replacement should the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg become vacant. Ginsburg’s recent health problems, which forced her to miss time on the bench, have made many wonder if she can continue […]
Understanding the Kavanaugh (K)raziness – an Uncorroborated Travesty
Exactly what is going on with the New York Times? What has caused the hallowed newspaper to stoop so low as to print an op-ed piece about a new allegation of Brett Kavanaugh’s improper sexual conduct 30 years ago at Yale? And then, the very next day, conceding that the op-ed omitted in the piece […]
“Trump Called for Bipartisanship Throughout His Speech”
Jim Antle, editor of The American Conservative, remarks to readers that “renewing American greatness means summoning it to peace.” He writes (abridged): “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” declared President Donald Trump to bipartisan applause belied by many of the assembled lawmakers’ actual voting records. “Our brave troops have now been fighting in the […]